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The conservative group behind the Project 2025 governing playbook for President Donald Trump’s second term is set to propose sweeping revisions to U.S. economic policy meant to encourage married heterosexual couples to have more children.

The Heritage Foundation, a right-wing...

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On Monday, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a press conference on their attempts to divine the causes of autism—much...

A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's...

Imagine this: a future where parents could choose their baby’s eye colour, height or even intelligence.

Sounds like science fiction...

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By Sayantani DasGupta, MedPage Today | 08.05.2025

It's just a jeans ad.

It's not that deep.

It's just social media outrage.

Should physicians care about the recent...

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By Katherine Long, Ben Foldy and Sara Randazzo, The Wall Street Journal | 08.05.2025

ARCADIA, Calif.—In early May, after a baby was hospitalized with possible signs of child abuse, police showed up at a...

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By Cade Metz, The New York Times | 08.04.2025

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In downtown Berkeley, an old hotel has become a temple to the...

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By Ewen Callaway, Nature | 08.04.2025

For months, researchers in a laboratory in Dallas, Texas, worked in secrecy, culturing grey-wolf blood cells and altering the DNA...

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By Riley Beggin and Jeff Stein, The Washington Post | 08.03.2025

The White House does not plan to require health insurers to provide coverage for in vitro fertilization services, two people...

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By Annika Inampudi, Science | 08.01.2025

In June, Sara* received a message asking whether she wanted to continue to participate in a massive, multicenter research project...

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By Katie Hunt, CNN | 07.30.2025

Scientists are exploring ways to mimic the origins of human life without two fundamental components: sperm and egg.

They are...

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By Kristel Tjandra, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 07.30.2025

CRISPR has taken the bioengineering world by storm since its first introduction. From treating sickle cell diseases to creating disease-resistant...